Racecourse clears `6.75 cr pending dues to civic body

First India Bureau

Mumbai: The Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) has cleared its pending rent dues of Mahalaxmi Racecourse of Rs6.75 crore and has submitted an undertaking demanded by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). With this, the long dispute between the civic body and RWITC has come to an end.

Ever since the lease of the land expired in 2013, the civic body has not been accepting rent from the RWITC which had accumulated to Rs6.75 crore for the fear that it may amount to the renewal of the lease. Later in January, the

Undertaking

BMC put a condition that it will accept the pending dues only if the RWITC submitted an undertaking along with the cheque of pending dues. BMC wanted an undertaking that in the future, the RWITC will pay whatever the increase in rent and pay the interest on that arrear. BMC also wanted the club to give an undertaking that the payment it will make,

Major fire at hardware store leaves 2 dead in Mumbai’s Andheri

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Two men were killed in a fire that broke out in a hardware shop at Sakinaka in Mumbai in the wee hours on Monday, officials said. The blaze broke out at around 2 AM in the shop located near the Sakinaka metro station.

Initially, it was feared that some persons got trapped inside the shop, the official said, adding that teams of Fire Brigade and police rushed to the spot and launched a search and rescue operation.

“During the search, fire officials found a 22-year-old man with serious burn injuries.

He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead,” he said. Another man, aged 23, who has been missing, was also found inside the shop by Fire Brigade personnel.

He was taken to a civic-run hospital in suburban Ghatkopar where he was declared brought dead, the offi-

Drunk peon dismissed for trying to inject child

First India Bureau Palghar: A peon at a healthcare centre in Palghar district was fired from his job on Monday after he tried to give a child brought there for treatment an injection, while allegedly in an inebriated condition, an official said.

The child’s parents had objected to the peon trying to admin ister the injection in place of a doctor or nurse, the official said.

The dismissal or der issued here in the evening said the ac tion was taken on the directions of Zilla Parishad president Prakash Nikam.

Officer Dr Dayanand Suryavanshi had earlier said. Nikam condemned the episode, a video of which was widely shared on social media, and warned staff against a repeat of such incidents.

ZP health and public works committee

Child’s parents had objected to the peon trying to administer the injection in place of a doctor

Fire officials found a 22-year-old man with serious burn injuries.

He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead cial said. The fire was doused after more than 8 hours at around 10:45 AM, he added. The blaze was confined to the shop, which has two lofts, and gutted electric wiring, electric installations and other materials, the official said. He said the loft inside the shop has collapsed posing difficulty to enter the structure following which the front portion of the structure was removed. will not be linked to the renewal of the lease.

“We have always offered to pay the dues, but BMC wasn’t accepting it,” Surendra Sanas, Chairman of RWITC, said “Later it wanted an undertaking which we have submitted along with the remaining dues of Rs6.75cr,” Sanas added.

The civic body wasn’t accepting the dues say- ing it was difficult to decide the amount of increase in rent, and to put the other terms and conditions related to the lease since the state government is yet to formulate the policy for renewal of the RWITC lease.

“A peon at the Tala sari primary health centre has been sus pended for the inci dent that took place on Saturday. A doctor handled the situation and gave the child the injection,” District Health

Man booked for negligence after his pet dog bites teen in Mum

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Oshiwara police has booked a man for negligence with respect to animals after he allegedly unleashed his adopted stray on children who were playing in the building premise at the plush Brighton Tower at Second Cross Road in Andheri (West) on March 23, officials said.

The police are yet to arrest the accused identified as Rajkumar Shahabadi, booked under the bailable offense.

The society members have alleged that this was the third such incident that has taken place there. They told that last year in May, Shahabadi’s adopted dog bit two people.

In the incident, Siddhant Gupta(14), Son of film producer Ketan Gupta was bitten by an adopted stray while he was playing in the soci- ety compound with his friends. Following the incident, Ketan Gupta filed a complaint against Shahabadi.

“My son is the third victim. He was attacked by Shahabadi’s pet dog, though his condition is stable now, he is totally shaken due to the incident,” Gupta said. He said that a CCTV camera from the building has captured Shahabadi opening the gate and the dog charging at the teen.

My son is the third victim. He was attacked by Shahabadi’s pet dog, though his condition is stable now, he is totally shaken due to the incident.

—Ketan Gupta, Film producer